1920 Auburn Tigers football team

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1920 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–2 (3–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Base defense 7–2–2
CaptainEmmett Sizemore
Home stadium Drake Field
Rickwood Field
Seasons
  1919
1921  
1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia + 7 0 08 0 1
Tulane + 5 0 06 2 1
Georgia Tech + 4 0 08 1 0
Alabama 6 1 010 1 0
Centre 4 1 08 2 0
Furman 3 1 09 1 0
South Carolina 3 1 05 4 0
Tennessee 5 2 07 2 0
Auburn 4 2 07 2 0
Mississippi A&M 4 2 05 3 0
Sewanee 3 3 14 3 1
Vanderbilt 3 3 04 3 1
Transylvania 2 2 03 4 0
Howard (AL) 2 3 03 5 1
Mississippi College 2 4 03 5 0
Florida 1 2 06 3 0
Clemson 2 6 04 6 1
LSU 1 3 05 3 1
Chattanooga 1 3 03 4 1
The Citadel 1 4 02 6 0
Ole Miss 0 2 04 3 0
Kentucky 0 3 13 4 1
Georgetown (KY) 0 2 00 3 0
Millsaps 0 3 00 3 0
Mercer 0 4 02 6 0
Wofford 0 4 00 8 1
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1920 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' 29th overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 16th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins and two losses (7–2 overall, 3–2 in the SIAA). Auburn outscored their opponents by a margin of 332–49, a then school record for points, but were held scoreless in their two losses by the conference co-champions.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Marion *W 35–0 [1]
October 2 Howard (AL)
  • Drake Field
  • Auburn, AL
W 88–0 [2]
October 9 Fort Benning *
  • Drake Field
  • Auburn, AL
W 14–2
October 15at Clemson W 21–0
October 21 Vanderbilt W 56–68,000
October 30vs. Georgia L 0–77,000 [3]
November 6vs. Birmingham–Southern *
W 49–0 [4]
November 13 Washington and Lee *
  • Rickwood Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 77–0
November 25at Georgia Tech L 0–3420,000 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

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